2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

2008 World Junior
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The men's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.

Medalists

Gold Dexter Lee
 Jamaica
Silver Wilhelm van der Vyver
 South Africa
Bronze Terrell Wilks
 United States

Results

Final

9 July
Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Dexter Lee  Jamaica 10.40
Wilhelm van der Vyver  South Africa 10.42
Terrell Wilks  United States 10.45
4 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.51
5 Benjamin Olsson  Sweden 10.67
6 David Lescay  Cuba 10.71
7 Shehan Abeypitiyage  Sri Lanka 10.71
8 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands 10.79

Semifinals

8 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Terrell Wilks  United States 10.37 Q
2 Benjamin Olsson  Sweden 10.57 Q
3 David Ambler  New Zealand 10.63
4 Lai Chun Ho  Hong Kong 10.67
5 Ufomba Chime  Nigeria 10.73
6 Valerio Rosichini  Italy 10.75
7 Calvin Kang Li Loong  Singapore 10.75
8 Aleksandr Shpaer  Russia 10.78

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wilhelm van der Vyver  South Africa 10.38 Q
2 Dexter Lee  Jamaica 10.42 Q
3 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands 10.57 q
4 Shehan Abeypitiyage  Sri Lanka 10.59 q
5 Václav Zich  Czech Republic 10.63
6 Tsui Chi Ho  Hong Kong 10.74
7 Romain Burel  France 10.82
Antonio Sales  United States DQ IAAF rule 162.7

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.42 Q
2 David Lescay  Cuba 10.59 Q
3 Tyrone Halstead  Canada 10.65
4 Emmanouíl Koutsouklákis  Greece 10.66
5 Pascal Mancini   Switzerland 10.67
6 David Walters  U.S. Virgin Islands 10.74
7 Su Wai'bou Sanneh  Gambia 10.75
8 Miguel López  Puerto Rico 10.75

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antonio Sales  United States 10.49 Q
2 Tsui Chi Ho  Hong Kong 10.67 Q
3 Bernhard Chudarek  Austria 10.70
4 Philippos Spastris  Cyprus 10.72
5 Philip Berntsen  Norway 10.74
6 Izzet Safer  Turkey 10.90
7 Ángel Miret  Andorra 11.51
8 Jesus Iguel  Northern Mariana Islands 11.71
9 Tim Natua  Kiribati 11.88

Heat 2

Wind: +1.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Lescay  Cuba 10.47 Q
2 Václav Zich  Czech Republic 10.58 Q
3 Valerio Rosichini  Italy 10.63 q
4 Romain Burel  France 10.66 q
5 Roscoe Engel  South Africa 10.72
6 Alvaro Cassiani  Venezuela 10.77
7 Mohd Zabidi Ahmed  Malaysia 10.96
8 Bali Ram Chaudhari    Nepal 11.72
Liang Tse-Ching  Chinese Taipei DQ IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Terrell Wilks  United States 10.28 Q
2 Calvin Kang Li Loong  Singapore 10.62 Q
3 Emmanouíl Koutsouklákis  Greece 10.68 q
4 Edoardo Baini  Italy 10.75
5 Oskar Åberg  Sweden 10.88
6 Alonso Edward  Panama 10.91
7 Gordon Heather  Cook Islands 11.57
8 Bryan Brown  Costa Rica 12.12

Heat 4

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Benjamin Olsson  Sweden 10.58 Q
2 Pascal Mancini   Switzerland 10.58 Q
3 David Walters  U.S. Virgin Islands 10.66 q
4 Ufomba Chime  Nigeria 10.68 q
5 Kendall Bacchus  Trinidad and Tobago 10.77
6 Martin Lamy  France 10.79
7 Mosito Lehata  Lesotho 11.09
8 Denvil Ruan  Anguilla 11.43
9 Azneem Ahmed  Maldives 11.55

Heat 5

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Ambler  New Zealand 10.58 Q
2 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands 10.65 Q
3 Dexter Lee  Jamaica 10.65 q
4 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 10.75
5 Weerawat Pharueang  Thailand 10.87
6 Thomas Slowinski  French Polynesia 11.42
7 Emile Nisap  Vanuatu 11.64
Matic Molicnik  Slovenia DQ IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 6

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tyrone Halstead  Canada 10.60 Q
2 Lai Chun Ho  Hong Kong 10.60 Q
3 Su Yung-Chun  Chinese Taipei 10.74
4 Semih Sencer  Turkey 10.90
5 Thamer Nasser Thani  Qatar 11.03
6 Bartosz Wojciechowski  Poland 11.14
7 Sadio Diallo  Mali 11.17
8 Alfred Adison  Solomon Islands 11.19

Heat 7

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Shehan Abeypitiyage  Sri Lanka 10.68 Q
2 Aleksandr Shpaer  Russia 10.77 Q
3 Genki Kawai  Japan 10.86
4 Artur Zaczek  Poland 10.86
5 Tre Houston  Bermuda 10.92
6 Silyan Georgiev  Bulgaria 10.95
7 Courtney Williams  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.19

Heat 8

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.56 Q
2 Miguel López  Puerto Rico 10.69 Q
3 Phillip Hayle  Canada 10.70
4 Youssouf Mhadjou  Comoros 10.72
5 James Alaka  United Kingdom 10.75
6 Artyom Kravtsov  Russia 11.01
7 Dayne O'Hara  Norfolk Island 12.03
8 Jeffrey Tago  American Samoa 13.18

Heat 9

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wilhelm van der Vyver  South Africa 10.50 Q
2 Su Wai'bou Sanneh  Gambia 10.62 Q
3 Femi Owolade  Nigeria 10.89
4 Yuichi Kobayashi  Japan 10.97
5 Edi Sousa  Portugal 11.00
6 Ahmed Al-Merjabi  Oman 11.20
7 Kethsada Phengsawath  Laos 11.85
8 Khiev Samnang  Cambodia 11.88
9 Ahmed Farhad Tawabi  Afghanistan 12.39

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015